Others Backup games of a cheap console

[txz_]

I have a cheap console called "PVP Digital Pocket Light System" (or something similar) that can be found at a low price on ebay.
It allows to play NES games though it doesn't have actual NES hardware: it emulates it. ROMs are stored in a flash memory inside the console.
Is it possible to backup those ROMs on a computer ? I can connect the console to a computer with a USB cable (the console has a mini USB port), but the device isn't recognized.

 

[Evilengine]

In case it isn't, there are collections out there in the wild in the "No-Intro" format. those contain "(Aftermarket)" and "(Unlicensed)" Roms. The chance is pretty high, that someone already dumped them so you can probably save the hassle to find a way to dump from such a niche system.

 

[txz_]

In case it isn't, there are collections out there in the wild in the "No-Intro" format. those contain "(Aftermarket)" and "(Unlicensed)" Roms. The chance is pretty high, that someone already dumped them so you can probably save the hassle to find a way to dump from such a niche system.

The games on this console aren't (or at least not all) unlicensed or aftermarket.

 

[master801]

This is probably another one of the cheap "Classic NES" clones with the ROMs burned onto a flash chip.

tl;dr Don't waste your time on this. It's not worth the headache.

 

[txz_]

This is probably another one of the cheap "Classic NES" clones with the ROMs burned onto a flash chip.

tl;dr Don't waste your time on this. It's not worth the headache.

That's it. Yet that's the only way I found to get digital copies of some NES games.

 

[SylverReZ]

I have a cheap console called "PVP Digital Pocket Light System" (or something similar) that can be found at a low price on ebay.
It allows to play NES games though it doesn't have actual NES hardware: it emulates it. ROMs are stored in a flash memory inside the console.
Is it possible to backup those ROMs on a computer ? I can connect the console to a computer with a USB cable (the console has a mini USB port), but the device isn't recognized.

Totally not worth it. If the cartridges that came with the console are flash-based and not using jumpers, then it might be possible to develop a custom flash cart for it.

 

[Evilengine]

The games on this console aren't (or at least not all) unlicensed or aftermarket.

That means they are just regular, official NES games? Can you show us a list of the games you desire?

 

[txz_]

That means they are just regular, official NES games? Can you show us a list of the games you desire?

Yes, they are mainly regular official NES games. They doesn't seem to have been modified, except the "Contra 24 in 1" which obviously has been modified because it shows an URL.
For instance, there is SMB and SMB3 (the ones I would like to backup).

 

[master801]

If you're seriously considering doing this, you're gonna be spending a ton of money on tools and parts, just to dump some obviously pirated games from an obviously bootlegg console.

You'll need a hot air station to desolder the memory chip, a chip programmer to somehow extract the data from the chip, then figure out how to extract files from that blob of data, etc.

This is a stupid and expensive idea.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/modding-nes-mini-chinese-clone.609453/post-10098929

 

[txz_]

So I suppose I should give up this idea.

 

[Evilengine]

If you're seriously considering doing this, you're gonna be spending a ton of money on tools and parts, just to dump some obviously pirated games from an obviously bootlegg console.

You'll need a hot air station to desolder the memory chip, a chip programmer to somehow extract the data from the chip, then figure out how to extract files from that blob of data, etc.

This is a stupid and expensive idea.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/modding-nes-mini-chinese-clone.609453/post-10098929

Stupid is a unnecessarily harsh term. The user in the thread you posted seemed also curious to try it out. Sometimes it is more interesting, if something is possible, than if it completely makes sense.

 

[txz_]

Stupid is a unnecessarily harsh term. The user in the thread you posted seemed also curious to try it out. Sometimes it is more interesting, if something is possible, than if it completely makes sense.

Don't worry, it is true that this project isn't worth it. I don't have experience in electronics anyway (though I indeed find this domain interesting).

 

[Marcio_D]

Don't worry, it is true that this project isn't worth it. I don't have experience in electronics anyway (though I indeed find this domain interesting).

But is that the real underlying reason after all? The fact that you don't have electronics experience, but you want to gain some?

I'm inclined to agree with Evilengine about trying something out if you're curious about it, as you'll be learning lots from it.

Even If the tools to do the experimentation are a bit pricey as an upfront cost, the cost per project won't be so pricey if you're using them for the next several dozen projects.

Would be terrible if you refrained from learning electronics in this universe, meanwhile in an alternate universe you learned and it propelled you to greater heights with each project because nobody dissuaded you from it!

 

[Chaoticus]

Just a slight update to that thread I posted to, plugging in an OTG plug, like the ones used for the PlayStation Classic, makes the Retro Gameboy like console turn on and hang like its trying to access whatever media you have plugged in and continue booting but just hangs. Unplug it and hit the rest\menu button and boots right back into the stock games built in. I'm still poking around to see if things happen..